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The Constitutional Court on Monday declared Traian Basescu the winner of Romania's disputed presidential election.
Incumbent President Traian Basescu was headed for victory in a tight presidential runoff in Romania, election authorities said Monday, in a race Romanians hope will pull the country out of its worst political and economic crisis in 20 years.
Election officials say President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has overwhelmingly won a second term taking 76 percent of the vote in the Central Asian country that is critical to U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.
Macedonia's presidential election was free of violence and met most democratic standards, international monitors said Monday — a clear improvement over last year when a parliamentary vote was marred by gunfights and fraud.
Taiwan's opposition candidate won the presidential election Saturday, a victory many hope will defuse tension with China over the neighboring island's aspirations for independence.
Taiwan's opposition candidate cruised to victory in the presidential election Saturday, promising to expand economic ties with China while protecting the island from being swallowed up politically by its giant communist neighbor.
Dmitry Medvedev has won Russia's presidential election with over 70 percent of the vote, according to final results released Friday.
Russia's Central Election Commission said Tuesday that Dmitry Medvedev had won Russia's presidential election with just over 70 percent of vote, according to final preliminary returns.
President Vladimir Putin fast-tracked the transfer of power to his newly elected protege Monday and signaled the Kremlin won't back down from its pull-no-punches anti-U.S. foreign policy or ease up on its critics at home.
Just hours after Russia elected a new president, the Kremlin sent two strong signals that it doesn't plan to back down from its pull-no-punches foreign policy — a coalition of pro-government youth groups marched on the U.S. Embassy and the state-controlled gas monopoly reduced gas supplies to Western-looking Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin congratulated his hand-picked successor on his apparent presidential election victory Sunday and said the win would guarantee the continuity of the course Putin set for Russia.
After eight years of rule that saw Russia's influence and wealth grow while its democratic freedoms shrank, voters in the Far East were the first in this vast nation to cast their ballots Sunday for President Vladimir Putin's successor.
The man all but certain to become Russia's next president reached out — sort of — to Washington on Tuesday, saying he was willing to work with any future American president who isn't stuck in the past and doesn't have "semi-senile views."
Thousands of angry opposition supporters marched through Armenia's capital Wednesday to protest the prime minister's victory in the presidential election.
Thousands of opposition supporters marched through Armenia's capital Wednesday after an election official said complete results showed that the prime minister had won the presidential election.
An influential international observer mission said Armenia's presidential election was "mostly in line with the country's international commitments, although further improvements are necessary."
An international election monitoring organization said Thursday it will not observe Russia's presidential election next month because of the "severe restrictions" imposed by the Kremlin.
An international election monitoring organization said Thursday that it will not observe Russia's presidential election next month because of the "severe restrictions" imposed by the Kremlin.
No foreign countries will be allowed to meddle in the campaign leading up to Russia's crucial presidential election in March, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
The most outspoken Kremlin opponent in Russia's presidential contest was denied a spot on the ballot Sunday by election authorities who said tens of thousands of signatures on his nominating petitions were forgeries.
President Mikhail Saakashvili said Monday there were "an amazingly low number" of violations in a weekend election that returned him to office, while the opposition cited widespread fraud and vowed to take the outcome to the courts and even the streets.
Thousands of Georgian opposition protesters denounced as fraudulent a presidential election that swept Mikhail Saakashvili to a second term, threatening instability in the former Soviet republic once considered a beacon of reform.
Georgians voted Saturday to determine whether to keep Mikhail Saakashvili as president in the former Soviet republic, where he was once considered a symbol of democratic reform but now faces accusations of authoritarian leanings.
President Vladimir Putin urged the government Thursday to work hard before the March presidential election to ensure a smooth transition if he takes over as prime minister.
BBC News - Neda Agha Soltan's family accuse Iran of her killingThe family of a young woman shot dead at a protest following Iran's disputed presidential election has accused the security forces of killing her. It is the most strongly-worded statement the family of Neda Agha Soltan have made since her death.
Winner of Disputed Honduras Election Appeals for Unity"The winner of Sunday's presidential election in Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, has appealed for national unity." The election was held on November 29, 2009.
Honduras Voting for New PresidentVoters in Honduras are casting ballots for a new President on Sunday, November 29, 2009.
Will Sarah Palin Ever Be President? A Guide to the Predictions -- Politics DailyThe beginning of Sarah Palin's book tour last week felt in almost every respect like the beginning of a new campaign. No one knows exactly where Palin is going next in politics, but everyone agrees she's going somewhere, and probably sooner rather than later.
Last Tuesday, conservatives across the nation rejoiced as Republicans Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Chris Christie of New Jersey won their respective state's gubernatorial elections.
Obama's Move: Iran and Afghanistan During the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, now-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said that like all U.S. presidents, Barack Obama would face a foreign policy test early in his presidency if elected. That test is now here.
Was the Iranian Election 'Rigged'? Perhaps NotThis article cites a recent poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org and a pre-election poll to support the legitimacy of the 2009 Iranian Presidential election.
Measuring Success in AfghanistanHere may be the single strangest fact of our American world: that at least three administrations -- Ronald Reagan's, George W. Bush's, and now Barack Obama's -- drew the U.S. "defense" perimeter at the Hindu Kush; that is, in the rugged, mountainous lands of Afghanistan.
PHILIPPINES Religious leaders who run for presidency 'could be helping opponents'MANILA (UCAN) -- Bishops say religious leaders planning to run for president in next May's election could unwittingly help preserve the system they seek to change, because they will surely lose and divide the opposition.
Why the Obama Adminsistration Fails to Fulfill Obama's Campaign Promises and Instead Too Closely Follows Bush's PoliciesWhy would Obama fail on so many campaign promises? He's not a president of peace--we have more troops in Afghanistan and they are not soon going to leave Iraq. His administration is not firm on stopping Israel from attacking Iran.
I'm Chuck Todd, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent and author of "How Barack Obama Won." Please join me for another Q&A session here on Newsvine where we'll be discussing U.S. politics.
Mir Hossein Mousavi assassination attempt An attempt on the life of Mir Hossein Mousavi has been foiled in Iran, according to a report by PRESS TV Sunday night. A terrorist organization that trained in Iraq was supposedly behind the plot and sought to pin the incident on the Iranian government to cause chaos.
Defeated candidate warns of Iran disintegrationThe defeated conservative candidate in Iran's disputed presidential election warned the government and opposition protesters that more postelection turmoil could lead to the country's disintegration.
Leading Clerics Defy Ayatollah on Disputed Iran Election - NYTimes.comThe most important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act of defiance against the country's supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country's clerical establi …
Obama's Obsolete Iran Policy - The audacity of hope gives way to the timidity of realismPresident Obama's Iran policy is incoherent and obsolete. Maybe David Axelrod should take note.
Updated information from IranA power struggle is emerging. The arrest of Faezeh Hashemi yesterday, Rafsanjani's eldest daughter is being seen by many as a sign of a growing backstage struggle among the clerics who wield ultimate power in Iran, and a warning to Rafsanjani against aligning with the opposition.
What the World Didn't See in TehranAs a journalist, I cannot say that what I have read and seen today is the whole story: everything is too piecemeal, too unconfirmable, too one-sided. But experiencing the raw feed of history has been chilling.
Newsmax.com - White House Denies Any Biden-Obama Split on IranWASHINGTON – The White House on Friday denied there are any differences between US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on how to react to the protests over the presidential election results in Iran.
I'm Chuck Todd, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent and author of "How Barack Obama Won." Please join me for another Q&A session here on Newsvine where we'll be discussing U.S. politics.
Freedom to TweetYou have to love the picture from Brooklyn (where else?) But there is an underlying truth in this. Cyber-journalism in real time is a new revolutionary communication tool.
Cultures Clash in Tehran:The Greatest Generation v. Baby-BoomersEven if the protests die down over the next week, the crisis will only have been postponed. A confrontation is looming that is as inevitable as was the generational upheaval that swept the United States during the Vietnam era.
Regime Preservation - Obama tries to stabilize IranPresident Barack Obama said Monday he was "deeply troubled" by the violence in Iran that he's been seeing on television.
Mousavi Letter to Iran's Supreme LeaderDefeated presidential candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, wrote to the Iran's supreme leader a day before the election outlining his concerns about the ballot. Here is the text of his letter as published by Farda News, a Persian language news service based outside of Iran.
Mousavi has brought old enemies back together - Times OnlineThey stood in separate lines to vote under the great turquoise dome of the Hosseinieh Ershad Mosque in northern Tehran yesterday morning, one in the men's queue, the other with the women.
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